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#548638
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Harmy's STAR WARS Despecialized Edition HD - V2.7 - MKV (Released)
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TV's Frink said:

Rob said:

timdiggerm said:

So, chances of you restoring matte lines, boxes, etc?

 Jesus Christ don't make Harmy answer this again. Also don't be stupid and gay.

It's bad when we are gay?

 

:-(

Given the Freddie Mercury avatar, I don't know what to think.

Also, I don't remember the last time anyone asked that question, although maybe I asked it recently. If so, I forgot.

Also, if he's putting in things like subtitle jitter, it's not that outlandish.

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#548585
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Greedo shot first!?!?!?!? Star Wars Blu-Ray Review
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Ultimatejedi04 said:

Finally a SCI yoda for Phantom Menace! It is so much better that the creppy puppet they used in the film. Now to the crap. 

You mean CGI? But yes, much better.

Greedo shot first? What is Lucas trying to say? I mean when Han shoots him first of all its a blue bug eyed creature so who care about him.

This is, however, a change that's existed since 1997.

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#548558
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Need help!!! Trying to make laser disc of all of the deleted scenes so I can sell my crappy blurays!!!!!
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Ultimatejedi04 said:

I of course like everyother hardcore fan bought the blurays and was pissed. Need simple instructions to burn all of the deleted scenes on a septate dvd. I have a OT box set on dvd with all of the theatricals but not many deleted scenes so I would like some help so I can sell the crappy blurays

Several problems

1. It's probably not legal, because you'd be selling your blurays later but keeping the discs

2. You're looking at a two or three step process: Ripping the discs to a computer, and then burning whats on your computer to a disc

3. If you really want to put them on a dvd, not a bluray, you'd have to downgrade the quality from HD to standard-def before burning\

4. Instructions on how to do all these things exist. Google?

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#548270
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Harmy's STAR WARS Despecialized Edition HD - V2.7 - MKV (Released)
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Lest anyone not understand, here is the 1977/97 change comparison : https://picasaweb.google.com/102542760950977079734/StarWarsSpecialEditionChangesHD#5514976103623090866

The source for 77 is GOUT and the source for 97 is 2004, so colors, black-levels, etc are probably inaccurate everywhere, but you can at least see that, yes, it really is supposed to be pretty dark.

(Side note: When I saw the film at The Senator, I didn't know to look for the bad matte, and I never noticed it)

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#548239
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Harmy's STAR WARS Despecialized Edition HD - V2.7 - MKV (Released)
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Although shake is certainly added by the projector, Harmy's corrected for that by stabilizing PuggoGrande to the very-still HD footage, and the subtitles still shook. You're right in saying that the subtitles are burned in, but remember that this burning in process also required running film across sprockets and all that... introducing its own shake. So even if you could run a 35mm print of Star Wars through a projector with absolutely no shake, the subs would still shake, because of how they were made.

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#548126
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Harmy's STAR WARS Despecialized Edition HD - V2.7 - MKV (Released)
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Atlantis said:

No professional restoration job would actually add elements such as dirt and hairs though, that's the opposite of preserving the best possible image.

Or shaky subtitles. I agree.

Ah, but shaky subtitles are not an element added by poor projection or accidents. They're inherent in making something with analog film and compositing. In fact, they fall into the same realm as matte-lines: Part of the original film.